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Long gone are the days of exposed brick or 90s feature walls; instead, domestic interiors have succumbed to subtle shades of white, grey and beige — or their cursed cousin: greige.
has trickled down; rental properties today sport poorly painted walls in neutral shades and a limited choice between cheap carpet, laminate and fake timber flooring — aka the “landlord special”.
Whether it’s the beige and black cashmere turtlenecks of stealth wealth (think Gwyneth Paltrow’s trial looks, Succession’s Roy family and Lydia Tár) that we’re lusting after or the elevated sportswear of COVID normcore that we’re living with, there’s a stultifying lack of colour.
“The grey walls and these [box-like spaces] in real estate listings enable the virtual furniture to look more natural, and create an uncanny valley effect that is ripe for digital augmentation,” explains Wagner.
It first took purchase in the post-recession trends of minimalism and farmhouse modernism — but at this point, Wagner says, the dominance of greige has little to do with personal taste; rather, it is a result of “the commodification of the house and of the home itself”.
Sue Fenton, an interior designer at global architecture firm Woods Bagot and PhD candidate at RMIT University, says she’s noticed our built environments become increasingly less distinct in Australia.
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Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 1 year ago
People started decorating their homes based on a perceived resale value rather than what they wanted to live in.
snooggums@kbin.social 1 year ago
Same reason cars are mostly white/silver/black.
QuinceDaPence@kbin.social 1 year ago
Depending on where you live the white and silver is actually popular because it helps keep it a bit cooler.
bluGill@kbin.social 1 year ago
We almost didn't buy our current house because it was all grey. Then I promised my wife we could repaint before moving in and now it is fine (the location was perfect for us, so we had to overlook some other flaws)